25th June 2011 - Match Reports. |
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Himley vs BGCC 4ths |
BGCC 2nds vs Ombersley |
Barnards Green 4ths took the long and weary road to Himley on
Saturday and despite leaving the warm sunshine in Malvern they returned
victorious by 9 wickets. Stand in skipper Robin Longmore won the toss and
with a dampish looking wicket in the offering, he elected to bowl first.
Debutant 13 year old Anthony Eyles was handed the new ball and he didn't
disappoint, bowling five overs for just 2 runs neither of which were off the
bat. His slightly older opening partner Clive Churchill bowled a good line
and despite three edged fours in one over he then claimed the scalp of
opener M Bowen caught behind by the dexterous Julian Hall, back in the
country for a short spell. Fourteen year old Andy Banks was then introduced
into the attack for his first bowl in Saturday league cricket and after a
nervy start he found a good line and sharpe turn to make life difficult for
the Himley batsman and finished with figures of 0-14 off 6 overs, very
creditable. Rob Tyler, back after a two week break couldn't find his length
and as the pitch dried out, batting got easier so Longmore called up his
senior bowlers in the form of Rob Lewis and Dave Price. Price picked up the
first of his three wickets as Banks held a skier and Lewis bowled opener
Short for 49. With three short boundaries and a wicket that got easier as
the game went on, boundaries started to flow but Price then bowled Cole and
had another batsman caught by Dean before Churchill was brought back in to
the attack and bowled G Bowen for 13. Himleys innings closed on 196 as tea
was taken.
Chris Horne and Julian Hall opened the batting for the
Green and after a circumspect start, both batsmen started to find the
boundary although Horne should have been caught early on, a chance
Himley would rue as the game went on. Hall then succumbed to G Bowen
bowled around his legs, but this just brought the hungry for runs Cyril
Dean to the wicket. From 60 for 1, Horne and Dean took the Green to
victory in the 31st over pulling and driving anything remotely loose and
despite the occasional chance, both reached well deserved fifties before
Dean hit the winning runs to finish on 61 with Chris Horne undefeated on
87. An excellent performance with the juniors in the team stealing the
honours with some first class bowling and fielding with Sam Daffin
showing what an excellent fielder he is becoming. Thanks go to match
day sponsor J Hall Gardening Services.
Lichfield vs BGCC 1sts. A lower order tail wag and a disciplined and well executed bowling performance spared Barnards Green blushes as they took maximum points from the Cathedral City of Lichfield in this week’s BDPCL clash. After losing the toss the visitors found themselves in big trouble at 25-5 losing Dovey, Golder, Ford, Smedley and McEwan without the scorers using much ink. Disciplined and watchful batting from Hooper who grafted hard for 29 and to a lesser extent Binks who batted an hour for 12 allowed first Wheeler to face the Lichfield change bowling and express himself scoring a brisk 32. Skipper Williams and Jon Dovey then combined in what turned out to be a match changing partnership as they dispatched all loose offerings. Even the return of the opening attack could not stunt their partnership until it was ended in the final over having added 66 vital runs. Williams top scoring with 35 and Dovey 33. Liddiard the pick of the bowlers with 4-44 and Wilkinson 3-48 and the visitors posting 185. With Phil Harris unavailable due to MCCU commitments Jon Dovey immediately filled the new ball breach dismissing Price for 1 to give the Green a perfect start however Lichfield’s Kiwi import Bassett combined well with Sargison to build a partnership. Unfortunately for the home side this was the highlight of their innings with Sargsion falling to McEwan for 12 a procession of Lichfield batsmen fell at regular intervals with all of the Green bowlers getting in on the act. A McEwan slower ball accounted for Bassett caught Willaims for a fantastic 81. He received little support from the rest of the middle order with only Seager( who was hit in the chin by a Williams bumper) contributing 11 reaching double figures. McEwan picked up his third wicket to a smart catch by keeper Binks and it was then left to Ford to wrap up the tail with the impressive figures of 1.4 overs, 3 wickets, no runs to bowl the home side out for 116 his 3 wickets including an impressive catch at short leg from Golder. Next weekend the Green First Eleven travel to Sutton Coldfield with the second team entertaining Barnt Green at North End Lane. |
On a hot and humid Saturday at North
End Lane a young Green side, missing the experience of Wheeler
(promoted), Hooper (Promoted) and Brookes (unavailable) were asked to
field first against resurgent Ombersley side. |